At All Costs
What price victory?
The war with the Republic of Haven has resumed . . . disastrously for the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington, Steadholder and Duchess Harrington, the single victorious Allied commander of the opening phase of the new war, has been recalled from the Sidemore System to command Eighth Fleet. Everyone knows Eighth Fleet is the Alliance's primary offensive command, which makes it the natural assignment for the woman the media calls “the Salamander.” But what most of the public DOESN'T know is that not only are the Star Kingdom and its Allies badly outnumbered by the Republic's new fleet, but that the odds are going to get steadily worse. Eighth Fleet's job is to somehow prevent those odds from crushing the Alliance before the Star Kingdom can regain its strategic balance. It's a job which won't be done cheaply. Honor Harrington must meet her formidable responsibilities with inferior forces even as she copes with tumultuous changes in her personal and public life. The alternative to victory is total defeat, yet this time the COST of victory will be agonizingly high.
Cover art by David Mattingly
Interior map by Randy Asplund
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, November 2005
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weber, David, 1952-
At all costs / David Weber. p. cm. — (Honor Harrington ; 11) "A Baen Books Original." ISBN 1-4165-0911-9 (hc) 1. Harrington, Honor (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women soldiers—Fiction. 3. Space warfare—Fiction. I. Title II. Series: Weber, David, 1952- . Honor Harrington ; 11.
PS3573.E217A94 2005 813'.54—dc22 2005022402
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ISBN-13: ISBN-10: 1-4165-0911-9
Copyright © 2005 by David Weber David and the Phoenix copyright © 1957, 2000 by Edward Ormondroyd; second paperback printing, May 2005. Excerpts reprinted with the permission of Purple House Press: Cynthiana, Kentucky. (Bringing back classic books for children, www.purplehousepress.com)
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Baen Books by DAVID WEBER
Honor Harrington:
On Basilisk Station The Honor of the Queen The Short Victorious War Field of Dishonor Flag in Exile Honor Among Enemies In Enemy Hands Echoes of Honor Ashes of Victory War of Honor At All Costs
edited by David Weber:
More than Honor Worlds of Honor Changer of Worlds
The Service of the Sword
Honorverse:
Crown of Slaves (with Eric Flint) The Shadow of Saganami
Mutineers' Moon The Armageddon Inheritance Heirs of Empire Empire From the Ashes Path of the Fury The Apocalypse Troll The Excalibur Alternative Bolo! Old Soldiers Oath of Swords The War God's Own Wind Rider's Oath
with Steve White:
Insurrection Crusade In Death Ground The Shiva Option The Stars at War The Stars at War II
with John Ringo:
March Upcountry March to the Sea March to the Stars We Few
with Eric Flint
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